4 , :ini6lBalinVraitx,7ieviti4yo sl. 9FTFl ) o • iiir44ll**4oo l *Y. • i Qt PtOß{ Nd. `4I7,'CHRSTNVT _STRUT, , . -DAt.Cryitzstet, • , TAP it.'seittlz4(patilpiNt,riyabi. to- the' earrlorr. Molisa to ForroPirttio'rio4t of the City it Mr TiOLL'oao :rodr.irsoir ;Toro DOitlO3 ri,A.Morrlioterlio MOM Dow.,r.ocroziszr,*mpoitorarlably 14 advance for the tIDIO. - oXtred‘ - I,=:s2 L kaapaciiteirs out or ,W,o CityafTplorCDol,. looolso Arisari, to " -- - ; , . . - Wlrsiiptot,l•REss. , - Tie Wastit veese win be ieat to 00taairibart by `cil2ol•l;•(oot,anautu, In atranoo,) at ." • - ,g 42 -Tisrao 00plosi: - , 6 00 ,/tot_o Coplas,_... • ,< ' "' • - , 00 Tea Copra'', ' - "12 00 Ttratrcoplea; " (tonne addresa)..•2o 00 : • ,Irwetrly Copts! ~or oter, " (to iddpass•ofe4. • ' ' 1 20 leor a (Hub of Ttroaty.ooo over t - we *ad 00 sitaktiopy to the gettem4up at the Club. t. • - - tcr-Postimiatera , ato;raqoatte4 to .aottus;diento for - t t: • 7 • Vatei EN= • . WARBURTONM. *thilT/15 1 .F. , - covairNed,Povrat HEAD :-. • Embrace all the paint/ ilheassaq to ' • • GllNTEEbleirge'f, • and. all The ititaita and- nicer elevuicies*hl4.lmplt: ‘; ruts/, oompowr, AND, DVRAIRIATT. Bentlemen are harltecl to call - ono examine -- - 440 9111S8SNU1 Street. 15,ifte: 41-latliline IIetIOICS'I'OE - THE'HOLT ', a-T O ---The : following -hooka Will be sold at:ne. o i _ nes ' l,vlo.priess„ited, neOlft, worth .Ikon 50 cents to ':-21 'given with every-linok r eold: Tenpins Mitidisalog thlllll thus got two valuable Presents for , the *me ; Mindurit of wone;i,forawlieh, they..eel:9R,, pittolieee ;ohs -.elsewhere, - ; , -, ;Tonth'sf ILeepielte...sl 25. Perroat-ine.not ...'" ~21 50 , - yaven t le ,forgetaue- ‘'. 'Friend , hip's Offering 160 not ' -- • ' - 1 - 26' Yriendship , a Token 4• .1 50 ' The PetAnunal;;;:. 3. , `25 Veleodshies Olfs. - . - .. 160 The Ti01et„, , :5,,.... 4 25 MOOT - Agectlon - ..... 1 40 The IttisePad"...:4.. 125 LidleirWiiith - ~ 100 The IttrintpingDird.'l4 26 Zadyis , „Scrapllook.. 1 00 The garland' at, T0..,'„: ' atairtorytuAift..;..,. 100 7: keno( Trleteleb l o. 'l 'oo . Vie gem 0 0,1 51 s tf 5. 1-60 The Pitlgoll,ll/(1111i. 1 50 n rio,/isuiteThiltsa-.. - .7 1 50 _ - TheTnielleflev.,A,, ,-- 1150 •Thillissis 7 1tesse,!,:, c.qt: 110 / ,,, The4lanblenii.:“,-1 1 - 150, 14 Phitailfewla - ' ' .1.,Cdl ,:rhettartenit.. - .. - .,:...-1 - 4.0 - -rielfreemioniele'44- -, e -The (liirlatisn Keep. ,' - -nual ' '' 110 ' ~,..; 'sake - - '- ~ ' --- , 1 60, The slitgarilia...;„;,:, 100; -.The • - Seligioni Soave. -.1 The 90140kt/qt.., Rao - .Each of the elbow Books In handsomely boUnd in - morocco, falt gdt, and illustrated with colored and-fine • steel plates. , • --, -- • • . , :- ' LallaVoidth, 840, cloth: extra' gilt • • ' $6 00, ' ,4 ~, - .' 41 - Turkey, out.' ' -' - 000. Lady of the bale, Oro, cloth, extra gilt"... . -..,, 5 00 e -,, e- " , Turkey , ant, 600 • The biadeig m o rocco, full gil - ' ' - • 4 00, The Souvenir Gallery, , ~..,, • '- The /look of. the Boudoir " 400 The Hook ot 'Aunty - - 00 Leelleta Of ideuicry, Turkey, falligilt . ' '5 00 ' The OrtintalAnnual, ~ ant - - ' • 600. 1 The Ogiaket;:mOrocto, full gilt. - d 60 - The Lades Gift, nuiroceof full gilt - 6Po The Am..Landecepe Annual, caah, gilt 0 00 •" - .„, . ,- , 4, .. zoorocco,gilt - '4 00 ..‘ . , t$ ft 4 . ant 600 Gem of the :45+:0n, Turkey, ant 1 00 Keepsake Annual, cloth, gilt _ 300 ~ •a . u_ morocco, gilt ' - ' 400 -.“ - ~ _ant -, - - '- 600 'Winter Wreath, cloth', gilt , - 300 ,I , ' ~ , morocco, nut • , ' 500 'TURA Keepsake, royal Bars cloth, gilt ' - 890 4,, •• ,4 - •-' - 4, . : morocco, out .. . .:., . 600 The *bore: Animals are entirely new, splendidly D. Initrated • with. Merl °upswings, selected, with grief - 'ogretidal the best editions -" pub lished In the United , ' ' L.4DIUS , ALII6IB ' The Pet Album ' p l. 00 reeves otgriendahltSl 76 The - Messenger:lllrd - 'Leaves - of 'Affection.. F7B 'llltrhuf - - ' ' 100 MeV hilogarotAlbum 175 The Sunbeam Album.-1 00 Token of Love 174 The' Clem Album,... 100 Alban at Heart...... 200 The Rosebud Album , TOO Landscape Album...". 200 The Gifteatbart...... 1 00 Porget•meedatAthuin 200 Album of Lore 1 76 Album Of Memory::: 2,00 Album of , Romero., Souvenir Album.:-. 200 bronco) • - 1 - 75 Friendahlp Album... -2 00 The, above Albume are all beautifully illestrated with *Steel engravings and colored Illnatratiena,"and hand. eomely,bound in morocco, qtrs. ' • : ' • • AntoraplifioOks, morocco .. , i $1 25 ri ' 44 antique., 100 ' Simi fitod,lot one of the above beautifully bound and ippropriatffpreaenta. Do•not forget the peculiar, ;fez. tore of these 1164:e la; that with Avery book rurchased .io n u n l r e e t ti r o g i t i ttnn, a gift-worth hom illy cents to one ” - Persons at a daaa : - ncewieldng any of Use above value. - pie Hooka will be fdrniehed' with- them by express or mall, on their renalttine• the price. e ! .--- - -., '— - - . Dorset's ordering Do t i* sent' by will will - ploge send twenty-one - cents pos L for Stooks from 11,t,0 Pi and this ty- air: cents for Books MOST than that amount. , Addresa, , • .a - O.O.I2TANS, - ' ' del7-thatulOt 4:10 0128TNIIT Olivet, Phlllulalplaise - . _ ILIMBRE,ILAStr • ' . . , , NEW YEAR PRESENTS, Felt SAES 3Y - - 4951. A & 00., - '246 24 4 , !, 81LET Street CALL AND SEE - The Greatest l'AntliTT or `llOl,l.ltA P it . 1341118 Ever Irthibited - . „ - TRO Oltr. Or ' PgruDELilitif f eitil he sold atexeeedhaVy' e - Low Palos -AT . Arls„EWl3.l-i -, , 713 CREBTNI7I I BT. LOOKING GLASBES, gNOBATINOO, lan OIL PAINTINGS, CHRISTMAS PRES&HTS. JAMES 8. EARLE O&M for ante the Dullest Aaaortment of qteebove, et the .I.OWEBT.,PRIOES to be toned in the DABLEVS beautiful ItLIJBTP4TXOI43 of ."BtAROARET,i , XECMITBD. BMWS GALLERIES, 816 CHESTNUT Street. MELVIN'S AME'RICAN GIFT BOOK' STOUE, 808 0117,13fNUT STREET, BELOW rOZIBTIT EOXJD&YB GIFT BOORB . , . GUTS ion TELE HOLIDAYS: , de7o9w ORBAT BARGAINS - • 1 , 08 MUMMA AND NEW TEAR -PRESENTS. LADIPN , WINITII CLOMP., ANDIIGTION - IN PIIN6B, TA mit 1 Rtt scisolg. J.W. Pltooson.&. co., .Baceetwore to Oeo . Dolph* ty'Co. • de2243a12 - - • 708 011XSTNGT street Watches, Jewelry, _lke. • p. • , - WILSON & 9,014 Aare nos on band the ]argent titanic SILVER' WARS , - • - 15-1101 OITT,, .rmelmilvely of their own -manufacture and WARRANTED. ' PersoivOesirona of purOmaiag are tespeotfollt in Wind tdeaffroOtrotroaltie foribeainehres, at. the , ewe 1131ApLIE.11D-STAND, `110,194vi • O. W. Oor. YLI Tlt end.OAYhBY Street! 10141 LET & CO.; CHESTNUT STREET, '3l-1 Manufacturers of .„."" 1111110 OrIebLIWOILYSit WABI. 17ndettheli, losneptlos on the promfees eialtralrely . C . 4tiammehd &tenor; ars hieltratto visit oar man-- ' - WATCHES. Constantly on hand ti splendid, /dock of Bawler Natalie., of all the celebrated mato, "DIAMONDS.- 2. . • • liipolasafe, Brie:Wets, Brocades, Seer - S tag/, Binge, cad all other artiolei In the Diamond line. Dreetags of NSW hIEBIQNb,wiII be,. made free of charge for visiting inirk made to order. RICH GOTiDIEWNLRY. kbeaatifal israrlinent'df the'new Pyles of line 9 tinielij;llPhina Idoialojbtoie and '9hen cameo, ,Pang„ Coral; barbunole;hlatoniefte, • • ' •, • UM; , he. vontrpio nop3,-Dukixo; : . ,8r0nze,..1.1110 sed lloble-14.0083, of newest stiles, &eh, or sonerlor wal-sitiatlay ',l;S:,•zr-Az'OlirELL -a; 0.-, am • - 482 onnsmur Sir/AA, _ , • - 041,1140 0 4 4, nor steamero:itow etyleg i f i.Joiretry;Ohatelatoo;Tost OLudos. • 138440dhl 8201, gift VOL' „ • - - Vomit Atando, fitigat Diokets. 40044 and Photilooes.- Ooioli7e4O and !foliate Hoot. - Solo tAgOnta Jo-I.llLidOlphiti for the tole of Ohaties rro4ohozals LONDON TIME-N.DEPVI2B, - 4,10 ifint , p SVILIII Aid I 11010 N kr Stri, • ,:,#4lnrir f terußolla _Nil, vzit trin ( r ITAIMtaII 3412,) ° 4 r drlfFl ul 71 1 , 16 1r:= 1 ci14x7441711,; , o .640,0400tistaatltetihand,ormadetoorder tothateh' nny pattern deartd. ' ' • IMpothirs:. Of litettleld - and Birmingham intsmrtmt irate— - . . seBo-d4aly & 4P • • , xiirourias , IsuprowpLATED Whi ttlf, /to. 1504 Ohi•t444"BBltteat,,, - above _nail, top stoke, Philadelphia. ' Moi otTzt bend and for mho to the Trade, M t it_' MOTO* 8101VIOX SETS, USN PITO EA BLISTE{, cups. VAITY,gB, see itsioecAß:rosts, Klditsa v SPooll6; 19RO, 46%4 Piatlnfog 11 1 klildf"er inal&i "lair , At . ICCE,D LTA, The 841:!tribk_qtaii i,bmtrqqacieni itiitittfaeturin hi Ne Pluklllint w~lciitocustomers. ‘.LAnalt in' !NALL etrenielea: , ,9r4gresitirankti MOD'S 11113 R 6'l'oll4llV be °rum teigliateendee JOSIIIIA - "WAIGHT, ' ynaliff oomit; elld FROMM% Op.. plt„ - :„ CROABDALR,VIIRIM, 06_00, 3 - 1431 3 3* :34 :43 )4,4lP,ol"fitril settalkig, 1 1 /VOLL ORO ALS - fig.."3.O B 4_ 4I, IkPROSPAAte - oue.•zettru&SDALL r 411014 & 00 Att:tti 11'1 Nu: : 1 1 ,41 . & 'Ffnik - 4t I O24OO4.4,OOOjitASARS , 4p14 4 0.0407AALICL* 0 9n er4311: • '; - !*191 1 14110 WOW Orid.,, VOL t-NO. i3O. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE • , • 3.467. • thi,Aininarate.ittent nr the Stook: - dere le . be held lie the Ookipany's )fee • NO. 4 SXOI3IANGII - . on VET& 1 1041 ri farmort. 4 00e. 58 858, , at 12 ()Week nuon and au 'elect - ha for Whl:blen,DeFeetnea will be held at came _And' ix, MONDAY, January n, 16.58, between .the 'hunim or 70 o'clock, A At and 1 o'clock P. 141: : de2s.lJan YAIt,LIAIL BLARPElR,Secretary. FFICE:`OI? THE NORTH PENNSYL. ..WA141.4. RAILROAD COMPANY. Tbh Anneal sleeting of tho Stockholders of "THE HORTIUPSHNSTLYANIA. RAILROAD , COktPANY," ho held at the • °Moo of the' Company, No. M WALNUT, Above Fourth street, Philadel Ala, on HON. DAY,fanusrY 11', 185EI at 1 1 o'clock A M., at which time and elm an Election will he hold fora President and Ten Direotors, to serve for the ensuing 3•osr. deZ•dtjall 'EDWARD AltkleTitON(l, Secretary. NQTXCE.-7-01Reti of tbo Westmoreland Coal 1 . OotopanyiThiledelphte, setember 19th /851. The'annund illeetiogor the Stookholdere of this corn• poly wilt be hata at their office, No. 290: koutti TIIIRD Street, on WEDNESDAY, the eth or Januar, ,• IRS, at 12 e , clce.k,,at- , whlch time' en Illection will la's held tor V4VOII Directore, and a Bearden , and Treasurer, to acres teethe atoning year , _ J.9o se ly rey. O t N ar . 11e2144,14 _ , , reOTICE.-:- °nice •the Beaver- Meadow ti Railroad Conipm Pnlbarnernms, December 14,1867. The arinnarnieetleg of She Btockholdern of the Dearer Meadow Railroad 'and Coat Company will be held at their office._ No. 822 WALNUT Btteot, on MONDAY, the 18th of Janilary next, at 12 o'clock. at which time an election will be held for President and tell Directors for the ensuing per. ipel64tltaitit. L, tit hiantauss, Rec. - and 'Prose: . . Otridt•Ot fnartliODUatifi.OVNTAlN 00.—PICILADivetns, Dm 18, 18111—Ihe 'annual nxisetlogif the Stockholders of thla Conlie:A.o4M be held it r office, l'Co. 88 8. FOURTH' Street, en MONDAY, Abe Bth January, at 11 o'clock A Iff., atoir hick time there will be in election of TN , rectore.tofierrA for the miming seer. ' di1241-dtjalS WM. 0. LVDWW, Secretory. ifiILECTION-+-PENN MUTUAL LIFE IN litatAxcE 00meamt +An slectLon,for Nino irttateon, to serve for three mr!, bo told st.tlio fjEcs of the Company, on MONDAY, January 4,186 A, Polls open nt.lo sad close at 12 A M. l'fitta.DELYttu, December.2l, 443 28,30/04 ,JOAN W. IfORIVOR, OFFICE ' OF TUE INSURANCE COM PANS OF NORTH AMEDIOA..—PIIII4I4I.PAA, December 0 at, 1051.—The animal meeting of the stock. holders will bold st the oflire of the Company, No. 231 WALNUT Street/ on MONDAY, January 11th. 1655, at 12obloek of 'and 'on TOESDAF, the day following, January 12th, 1808, an Election will be bold for Direc• tors, to serve the eneitiogyear. jal•dt.l42 131.1NRY D. fiIIEDREED, Fecreiary, inkIVIDEND—XE W ORLEANS GAS COhiPANY.—£4.amene , AND MECHANIC'S' BANNt 141114304M5, December 81, 1857.—The Direc tor( of the New Orleans. Light Company hate de clared a seini-atiunir Dtvidend or ME PO O;NT. payable MAW Bonk, to the Philadelphia Stockholdere, alter thitret day ot January next. 0. M. 1.1.W15 : Cashier. MOE INTEREST DUE JANUARY 1, itaVIIIWNWNTAIITIIMT OW will be paid on preteutation of the Ooopoos at the 'peke of R. B. WrifilTdzl &We WALNUT Street, aIIiSON, Veneerer. Pretiondoit, Dee. df t lefif. de23:4Ja2 PublirOonl. , illtIOUN8! • I'oCkET DAY 43001%. P, 'POR - 108,--Japt ii l lash o edta r d R fo i r e ss it a lobyoo., • - • No. d 3 Boith SIXTH Btrestiabove Chesnut The Darßook contains en Almanae, Tables or Coin parstlys Medicine; Bases, Polsoco and their Antidotes, British and Yrtench • Medicinal' Measures, Atomic Weights snd Coiditn -- ItitigeklortiOnst„Adiales of ne Comparative Thermometric Smiles, Maths—Einsple aa4 Medicinal, Tables of Dona of all the principal pre parations of the Phermacopla, Visiting List mad flutes, Blanks for Monetary Engagements, Dank Account, Nurses , Addresses, Bills cud Accounts asked for, Vac cination and Obstetric Engagernants, English, French, and American Medical Periodicals, /to.; a c. Being prepared with the co-operation of- several eminent members - of the Profession, the Publishers trust that this little. Manual will fill a want hitherto iinsupplied, and witli a vieeeto its future improvement, 'will be hem tiy resolve any suggestions respecting emendations, additione, &e. The above are prepared, for ; 25 and MI patients, and bound In variousatyles, jet CIRIGINAL ' EDITION OF CHARLES • PICTOBIith SHAHSPEATID—IncIud• lug the Doubtful plays and Biography, and illualmted with very numerous Engraving" on Wood, in the high ,eat style of art; forming 8 veil, imperial 8 vo. The mobecrlbers bay° been enabled to imam tbree copies' of tblerriagniGoont edition of Sbakepeare, which bee lung been exceedingly scarce, Innnediato • applica tion will banana/417:p . relent disappointment in pro moringnoplee • -Di 1:n10g &CO , • - repo of Engliebliooke, ;-• Aid ./ , L)f0,113364 , 11.EXTE016, "Leis onelsup. MUSIC—ALONE.--Thia new "and 11 popular Dead can be hid at , BECK & LAWTON'S, S. E. corner SEVENTH and CHESTNUT. LEE & WALK SR'S, deUt.tlta CIIEBT,M)T, beta* Eighth Street. Sot Salt nub Oro tel. nESLEABLE orrlCE.§ at 620 WALNUT syf titr, oppealte the State Nouse; one of the boat bnalnem 'locations in . Philadelphia, with heat, light, and all modern conyenlepce. Apply on the premiees, Boom No. 8, to G. W. 3. MAU, Agent. awn pren mp anie e. LIVELLS,TARGO, & CO" vV ir NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA EXPRESS CO and EXIMANON Datums ; A JOINT STOCK COMPANY. CAPITAL MONO • OFFICE, 400 CHESTNUT STREET, • PHILADP.LPIITA. Express rent-to Clmfonnta, Ossomt, nod SAND WICH IBLANDS on the NI and 10th, and to LlAv.tto. on 7th,l2th, and 27th of each ,month, from NEW YORK, ROLIOAYS ! EXCHANGE for sale In BUMF to 61/14 and amuse.. ?loss MADE on Callfortqa,_ Oregon, flandtrlch Inlands, and nay - ans. - W. & Co. receive freight consigned t o them at RAN 211A2tCISCO, Per Clipper Ship, and collect Invoice', on delivery of he same. NOTICE TO CALIFOILNLCBONDECOLDSES W. F. & Co are now prepared to rebetve the 01,10 Bons of the State of CALIFORNIA, transport the Facie to Sacramento Olty, awl procure new ones, in Cofitence with the. act of 28th ant rot Rowe to this city. D N. BARNEY, 3n., Agent %IRE ADAMS EXPRESS CO., OFFICE, $26 CHESTNUT STREET, forwards enitoxi.s, FAORAGES, IdEROLUNDIZR, BANK NOTES trod SPECIE, either by Ita own LINES, or in conneetiop with other EXPRESS COMPANIES, to all the priloVal TOWNS eel PITIES of the United !Mateo. B. O. SANDFORD, anUtf , Goaeral Saperiateedient. 2ttonttps at Law R•W I S S. WELLS, ATTORNEY AT 14 LAW, N 0.2 AIRY STREET, NORRISTOWN, Ps., will attend with punctuality, and to the beat of his ability, to all business entrusted to his care. eel-3m IEL DOUGHERTY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bantheut Corner at ZIGHTI4 and LO, OUST Btraetei Phiadelphia. inlay YER ST R 0 USE, ATTORNEY AT km TAW. OENTRIO street, Pottnrille, Pa. an44y PPHILADELPHIA TYPE FOUNDRY— w. Oor. THIRD and OHREINUT St.a. L. PELOUSE & SON, thankful for the liberal pa tronage heretofore accorded to their Establishment, and desirotot to merit its contlnaanco, would announce to Printers and Pnblimbers that their new SPECIMEN BOOK is now ready, and from their Increased facilities, are now prepared to furnish every thing necessary in a complete 'Printing Establishment, at the shortest no tice. Their long praetleal experience in the business, and the fact of their personal superintendence of the manufacturing department, Justifies them in muscling that they can furnieh a more durable and better dn. lobed arUole than their eotemporarlet • • Those, therefore, who' desire Printing Materials, would do well to apply to them previous to parehnen elsewhere. . 014 type Wien at 9 oente per pound, In szohange for new at epeolmen prloem. NISKEY, M iNOVACITUIEMEI - 0/ OASALVERVDRACRETS, PENDANTS, SITTINGS, And all kinds of (Wand Lamp Work. Oirandoles, 149. 303-011ESTNUT STREET, PRILADELPI/IA, AROWER, WARNER, Sc CO., ' - No. 378 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. , • mi. Daildlogs fitted with Gaul Pipes, mid all kinds of altering and repairing 9f Ona Work. del2 3m A • NOURCSMENT. .4 - 11- The enbserlbee begs leave to announceto his friends end 'the pnblie that he will open his SALOON for their reception on MONDAY, 14th innt, Hie Moak (a, large and rich variety) will conelot of :PRESERVETI iv) CRYSTALLIZED FRUITS, AM OILERRIAS, PINEAPPLES, YEARS, OWES. .O.EINOES, 6 e., &c. , BONBONS—A large and fresh assottment. , MO, TOYS—Mechanical Toys, paper, wood, and seiger—en endless variety,. PAKOY BOXES—Newest atylac, fancy and plain, and varied assortment, of every possible description • SACS, BABAS, OORRETK, BASKETS, S ICTORIM, PASTILLAHES, Art., tee., all of recent importatiA, and which for extent and variety will d fy competition: Nor, sale by 8, EIVNRION, Confectioner, deb:m MARKET alma, above Seventh. L . ONGOILkMP'S OLD , TOM LONDON AA , CORDIAL OIN-.The best specific for Dyspepsia, Dis e ases of pie Xitiney,s t ana' all Ike Urinary organs TOC sAyEsT TOAIO Arlo XXVIQOANT, , The late important reduction of the duties on spirits hal permitted the introduction of this remarkable ,article, used su extensively in Europe, with the appro bation of the medical faculties, guarantied pure and unedultorated, . withdrawn for consumption from the vaults or the Custom llMme. It Is recommended to oil (MAIMS by the beet phyeiciann, either as At curative or as a preventive of the above Mimeses. F. D LONDOLIA.2O • ' - • Solo Importer and Proprietor, 217 Smith FRONT Street, Philadelphia, ya. and .Vor salest the principal Drug Stores of Philadelphia ethereities at the United States. It -cuestßo IN, 204 South FRONT Street, Sole Agent for the district or Philadelphia .8022-tuthiltatt ANN4LII. ROPE.—SUPERIOR MA ` Altdut 11,0110, msuallKtured and for mils by • • WS VBII, VILER* 00,, of N. Witer et., atat 1,63110 . _ S TORAGE BECoND and THIRD 7,l4ollll'etabe liaol at Ita Vidor strut__ Ayplrto, MARTIN lb MAOADIPPR. Pr*, I • •• -" . .Ot 4ll • • .• •-• , I._.gWora. \ V . Z. 5 4 - • . • !'" ./ • -. ' /tat '• • rr • • , • .• • • 1 - . ••• • . • ,• , . ,•, • - Natuta k i tcss SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, NM RATIOIALE OF COMMERCIAL TROUBLES. It IS evident that the cominercial and finan cial difficulties of Europe, and more particu larly of Great Britain, have not yet termi nated. Every mail brings tidings of suspen dons and bankruptcies, of the downfall of traders and merchants who had previously been considered not only solvent, but prosperous. Nor is this gloomy condition of affairs limited to one locality, or one branch of trade. Pro duce -merchants, money-brokers, and groat ex. porting and importing houses of London and Liverpool, are suffering equally with the cot ton spinners of L'ancashirethe metal workers of Birmingham—the woollen cloth manhfac- furors of Yorkshire and Somereetshire—the shawl and Muslin makers of Paisley and Glas gow—the cutlers of Sheffield—the shippers of Hull and Bristol—the linen workers of Dundee, and the' chinamnkers of the Staffordshire Potteries. The Banks • have suffered severely. Two joint-stock concerns of this nature have posi .fivoly tailor:l—rho "Borough Bank . 'of Liver pool,' and the Western Bank - of Scotland. QtherlilitrfeatisPended r but will resiwne bits!: ' noes, viz.: City of Glasgow Bank, 'filo Wolverhampton, and Staffordshire Banking Company. Mr. ruationv, the London banker, had to be backed np by the Bank of England, as was the case with .11 . /LLIAN and Jaihs Bnowx, of Liverpool, in 1837. The great discounting house of OVEREND, GMINEr, & Co., London, bad to obtain similar aid. The well-established discounting firm of Sttxtum sow, S.lxDEsI N, & Co., of London, had to give way; . their liabilities are estimated at $16,250,000. In fact, there has been general ruin, and let men talk as they please of "the recuperative foi•ce " of English trade, t long time must pass before confidence and pros perity are restored._ The causes of this revulsion are obvious and can be briefly stated. It has been the fault of commercial people, every where, to have an impatience of the old manner, slow and sure, in which money was made., Speculation has 'been universally entered into, and, in the absence of Oath, recourse was had to Credit. When, by so easy a process as signing his name to a few slips of paper, a Man could raise twenty times as much money as he was actually worth, and when there also was the chance of profitably employing this fictitious capital, (fictitious, as regards the means of re paying IQ it is no wonder that people rushed into nil aorta of experiments as regarded money-making. .Many of these succeeded, for, boldness and sagacity may have been united in tire transaction, but more failed. Nobody thought much about the failures, but looked, sanguinely and admiringly, at the successes, and laid themselves out for imitating the for- tunate speculators, as far as they could. Hence came an extension of the manufacturing industry of England,—hence as much cotton, wool, andiron was wrought up in one year as was sufficient to supply the consumption of three. There in now in the ware rooms of Manchester and its surrounding towns more manufactured cotton, than, on the usual de mand, can be consumed in three years. The same applies to the different staples of other districts. , The result is a cessation of work in many places, a limitation of it, by "short time," in others. Those who have labored in the fac tories, forming -a vast proportion of the In inatrlal- population of ilrsiliele'WoliniFy,` are either doing half work, on half wages, or not working at all. These people are proverbially improvident. When Eitlly em_ employed, they Spend every sixpence that they earn, and never think of laying up for a rainy day. They am now in sore distress, and Go»'s good providence, which has made food cheap and plentiful at this time, alone keeps them from getting to starvation point. Once they reach that, they will probably dis regard all law except the law of necessity, and open plunder may become the order of the day. We have not ventured upon gloomy prophe cies as to the future of England, but we do see the small dark cloud on her horizon, and are confident that a hard winter, with a con tinuance of pecuniary distress, may probably drive the workers of the cotton district into open insurrection for bread. Lancashire alone contains a population of over 2,000,000. It is the great neat of the cotton manufacture, but silks, and woollens, and flax fabrics are also extensively wrought. In the cotton factories alone, (at the census of 1860,) nearly 300,000 persons wore em ployed, and nearly 100,000 more in manutite tering silk, woollen awl worsted, engine. works, and in the coal-works. It is easy to see how even 10,000 of these, unemployed and reckless from starvation, might do a great deal of mischief In even a single night. • The manufacturers, particularly those of the Manchester cotton distrlct, went on, foolishly producing goods in excess of all reasonable emyciation of consumption. To dispose of them, vast quantities were shipped to all the markets in the world. A large portion was sent away, to be disposed of by commission; another large portion was entrusted, on credit (or bills of no great intrinsic value), to almost any parties who made plausible representa tions, and declared that they could sell large ly, if they had an extensive and valuable stock. It was doing pretty well, if one-half the goods thus sent away wore paid for. We doubt whether, during the last two years, as much as half the goods, with which the Man chester people glutted our own markets, were paid for. Coupled with this was a competition, among the manufacturers, merchants, and traders of England, in social life. These people, bol stered up us they Were Ny speculation and credit, lived expensively, and brought up their families with little regard for money— except to waste it, extravagantly. Much has been lately said of the high living of the Fifth Avenue people of New York. lint these, with all their ostentation, were not half as improvi dent, as extravagant, as the business people of England, who, in their pride of purse, com peted with the wealthy nobility of their nativti land, wholly forgetting, that they did not pos sepi the art of making the wheel of fortune stand still. Even the sedate people of Scotland, a pro verbially eareful rice, yielded to the tempta tion, and though they did not ape the reckless extravagance of their English friends, often exceeded them in tho extent to which they embarked in business speculations. They were assisted in this by the Banks. The amount of business transacted by these insti tutions was great. The Western Bank of Scotland, with its head quarters at Glasgow, and ono hundred branches all over the country, had a paid-up capital of $7,600,000, and, when it failed, was liable for deposits to the amount of $80,000,000. This money was used, by the Bank, in loans and discounts to mere mon of straw, plausible adventurers, business swind lers, who started on credit, and carried on Vast enterprises wholly, by means of bills and notes. It is doubtful whether, of this SW,. 500,000, capital and deposits, as much as a fourth will ever be forthcoming. The Aare. holders aro severally liable, under the British law, to the whole extent of each man's proper ty ; but most of these people had invested the whole of their savings in the concern, and are wholly unable to make further disbursements. A few rich shareholders who will have to pay up their whole property, will be rained by do ing so, arid, after all, the bank's liabilities will not be provided for. For some time to come, rire are afraid, the commercial intelligence from England will be very gloomy. Perhaps, as regards the groat houses, the worst has been encountered. But the smaller houses are successively yielding, and the misfortune is that these are really the most honest and fair, because the lea specu lating business people in England, They have hold out as long as Oey could, but the pros• PHILADELPHIA; SATOIDAY. JANUAItY 2. 1858. sure has finally boon too groat, and they hayc succumbed. Moro failures of this kind, wo apprehend,May be looked for.. At the best, it will bu some time before business renames a healthy tone in England. What has occur red, will be well worth even its great cost, it inculcate the wholesome lesson that Specu lation, generally hazardous even with Capital, can lead to but disastrous results, when It is chiefly based upon Credit, and largely drained by Extravagance. SABBATH READING. THE IMPORTANCE OF REM/ING THE BIBLE • Or, .1. S. M. vs. Oraybrard. The article which appeared: in the columns of Ton Parse two weeks ago, entitled; 4 14111 the Winter be Severe ?'•' has elicited the (Owing In terrogatory note, dated NsWvicno, Doe: 28, - 4857. Mn. Bowen : In your Woresthr Purse o f the 26th Instant, there is a ootarauoleation under the brad, " Will the Winter be nevere?" by Dray. beard, to which the writer endeavors to Romer the question in the negative, and seems to sustain his views on the subject hy the use of sundry quote=' times from the flacr,ed (dome, among which there Is one to be found to the second paragrapt'of his communication, thus ; " Will the great Baler of the uniterse favor' the needy with amild winter, need thus again fulfil his promise of Witipering the toital to the .thorn lamb?'" This quotation ta pro.amiheotly sublime, and any only object In this ,aqmmunlcation is, respectfully to ,ark Graybearld whht part of the inspired book I attay'llnd the beautiful senlikeent 'written?' Ay en:meting this quokka, Ittr.-Orayhaterd frill-deafer a particular Inver not only to myself, but also to many others. , J. M. , To he as laconio in answering, as 3. S. 111 tire. [Tactful in Inquiring, Oraybeard'a reply is, ru wo rear. Oar critical correspondent's appreolation of 11 boantifill sentimene is commendable ; but ho gravely, though no doubt sincerely, errs when he amuses the writer of having given, among others, the sentiment referred to as a Striptural quote• tion. A ward will serve to enlighten him upoh this point : The quotation was employed to embody the spirit of God's oft-repeated promises to Ille needy and dependent children, anti not as being the literal words ofJehovah, as they are presented to us in any arbitrary translation. The figure employed in this extract. Mao ex pressive an language could be to convey to the mind this benefleent attribute of Petty, and having the double merit of brevity end adaptediaess;lt was used as a substitute for a multitude of Were/ Soripture passages, the spirit of which it to com pletely embodies, but of vrhiehimasagea I will here insert a few speeimens for the benefit of readers in general and.J. S. M. In particular. In the prophecies of Isaiah, al., I I, the proMtsed Messiah iv spoken of In language as follows : t' lie shall feed his Hook like a shepherd; he shall gathir the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his boaom, and shall gently load those that are iv itk young." In multitudes or passages throughout the old and now Testaments, Christ is represented under the figure of a shepherd, and his followers all a flock entruoted to his care and protection. nooks, when shorn of their natural vesture, and exposed to the chilling winds, occupy in ono sense n posi tion very similar to the human being,who, with out any intended Improvidence on his own part, is dliested of lets means of support, many instances of which have occurred In our midst within the past tow months. And now, under those circumstances, what other promise do we nood to literalize this promise im puted in 11* , former 'allot° to the great Ruler of the Trniverso, to temper the , wind to the shorn lamb , Have wo it not in this? "He delivereth the poor in hie Olietion." Job xxxtf, 15 Not only is this beautiful figure warranted In re. Bard to " tempering the wind," or mitigating suf fering, which It implies—but from the Saviour's, own words as recorded by st. John, those shorn lambs are to Him dearer than, ills life: " am the good Shepherd : the good Shepherd glveth Lis life for the sheep," is the language employed.— John In 916.fett4,are we 110 L justified lu Imputing to Providence the prorelae of ' , tempering the wind to the shorn lamb ?" although as already stated, Mr. J. S. M. need ho at no pains to find the pre• else lent fR In which it is hero rendered, an:ywheee "in the inspired hook." Had he gik en a wider margin to hie inquiry, I should have respectfully referred him to either Sterne, Bait t,Popo or Shakspost re! to all and etther of whom this quotation has boon attributed in divers ways, and at sundry times by men even of grayer literary reputation than Graybeard's. I will do this correspondent the justice, however, of saying, that he betrays a very proper sonsihil. ity in being annoyed with the idea of misquot-- log the Bible, and ern, on this account, readily ex cuse him for having with Inadvertent zeal accused me for having done a thing for which I hero really as little relish as ho has himself. Thera is no doubt but that there exists an moos. •cusable amount of Biblical ignorance even in quar ters anti in minds from which we would expect bet tor things, and the man who best succeeds In ins pressing upon the convictione of the rising and risen generations the fact that no man's informa tion, even In a livery sense, can lay any claims to rerpectabilityMlesa it include as a basis a some what intimate acquaintance with the sixty-six books of that God emanating volume, oan never be duly rewarded for his achievement this side of heaven. There can, of course, be no absolute wrong in ascribing any true Christian sentinune to the Gospel ; for, even though the /wigwage may be ignorantly accredited, it still betrays a proper re cognition of that great source of truth. lint men in high positions in moiety bare so often betrayed such &shameful Ignorance of what theDible really contains, that if from no other motives than to appear to he decently informed, I should think the want of a more general perusal of the Scrip tures would be felt. It Is no uncommon occur rence for men, in the most public mentor, to quote Shaltopeare, Pope, or sumo other celebrated profane author, and ascribe it to the Itible, or else do what is even more tblictdous, quote pap sages of Scripture as the left-handed lady held her hymn in church—downside up! The quota tion employed by 1dr:11011, 'hiring his governor ship of one of the Southern States, within our own recolleotion, is a MOW in point. In the course of one of his annual communications to the peo ple of his State, ho referred to a favorable illitongo in the season through which they were then pass ing, in the following strain : "Adopting the language of the sacred Sari!, tures, we may, too, exclaim, !Now is tho winter of cur discontent made glorious summer !' " In the course of newspaper comments which this. ludicrous blunder was of course calculated to elicit, a certain editor facetiously remarked, that the said Governor would hardly ho sespee'.ed of being the church-going Bell." Numerous other cases might be given to illus trate the importance of reading the Bible ; but inasmuch as culling the reader's attention to this fact was my only object, further comment IA on necessary. iIAYIWARD. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. THE DAILY PiIAYFIII binnriun held at the Leo. tore-room of the Union M. E. Church, Fourth street, below Arch, between the boors of twelve and ono, we are glad to learn, are being well at tended. The Union character of these meeting , is a commendable feature; similar meetings aro now being held iu New York, Brooklyn, and other places. As has been already mated, they will continue for one hour; but they ut; also designed for those who may find it inconvenient to remain more than fin. or ten minutes, us well as for those who can spare the whole hour. Thu necessary in terruption will be =light, because anticipated; and those who are in haste con often expedite their business engagements, by halting to lift up their hearts and voices to the throne of grace hum ble, grateful prayer." All are cordially invited to attend. SAMIATH SCHOOL AN V MOWS V.--LOSt Sabbath afternoon, the Sunday School in connection with the Logan Square Presbyterian Church, celebrated their anniversary In the presence of a large au dience. The addresses to the children by Rev. Mr. Adams, and Mr. 11. IL Shillingford, the hymns Bung by the school, the presentation of two large and s plendid_ books. to the two tenahors of the Infant School, by Mr. Thompson, the superin tendent, and the distribution of rewards of merit by the pastor, the Rev. Mr, Patton. to some ten or twelve pupils, were all happily appropriate to the time awl place, and highly - interesting to the large conregation which tilled the body of the church. THE Btnr.r, goI , MTION.—The question of adepl ing the edition of the Bible issued by the Bible Society as a. mewl' Atanflarri edition, is In the hands of an able committee. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Managers will occur on Thursday next, the 7th of January—but Is is hardly expected that the committee will tes pre pared to report at that time.—Chrisitiin Ohret ver. Cnrnen str. — A writer in the Pre:thy/Yr/an Quartet ly Review, in speaking of this subject, says that, considering the elements of power given in this part of Divine worship, there is a signal failure to make of it what it should be, and con limas : "Surely nothing is more IL:gado than magic! God bee chosen fur his praise the most beautiful of all methods of expression. ft is floor than the medium of the artist, though he make the canvas almost speak ; liner then the purest Pon , telimin marble, though wrought by phidias; Seer than Greek Parthenon, or Gothic Cologne, though the one seemed glorious enough to bring the gods to forth, Ftp4 the other to Noe wen aortrtuft, name-Itie:iohearen;'fintir evon than the living voice 'or the orator •hi - We most impassioned moods.'' , • ' .; . Tow Wnar. - -Ileelval influences are cheering the West. •The plants of grace flourish end bloom ,on 'the prairies rte well as in less fruitful New Ragland, The Christian Times (Chicago) of Met week in news from the ehrtroltes ' ma k es record Of • gulte , number of religious quleltenings, and a suite a cumber 'Od to the churches of Illinois. laßittfion, lowa, twenty-apron converts halo, been ba rod recently. Nsremos• Ill: AIM 700 P0r.0.-,—,Some of Alto Priests in Rollo, whose political sympathies !are with the bogititnist party, haying hitherto refused to pray, for the liatperor Louis Napoleon, a aammapafrota thet.l'ope to inelude his Ifest9 iu their prayers has recently been issued. T his (sot is thought. to boa significant indication of the as benilautii etFrendrinfluencoln Route. A Good Turco —The Rev. Br. Cummins, of Trinity :Episcopal Church, 'Washington, D. C., has a eougrege tlenal Bible Wars which numbers some two landeell, Many of those attending and partici pating being gentlemen of high ability, whose an swers am) remarks give great interest to the exor cists. I 1 'OttTAAiT F 11.931 AIENtCo. Sacceashig :Coop 11 1 16tnt of Drealdent Conso . a: 5...4 for - 'menfort Proclalsned Dictator. (Prom the tee °demos Picayune, Deo. 25.1 ,The ~liii a ,Stater mall steamship Tennessee, Captain, s, from Vera Craze tbo 21st instant,. resehMl ' bail ovals early bout' this morning.• The pants porta :=•-• The ToMtasee , experietteed Tory heavy gales from tote AM,: N. and N. W, during the entire passage. ~. . .. The ,Atieen throe marled sohooner 11. E. Spearing' led from Vera Cruz the evening of the /slitetrat this port. - Loft itrAtort Abe .Arattleats bark 'Rapid, MCI!. *hulk, mailsrk to sall. for New York the lit prox. .1 During m'ireavy, 'gale on the 10th instant, the Frendh 84 Paquoto de Vera Crus parted her thetas atel wont ashore. The Vessel a total loss. Crew woe, , . The Terottasee brings $87,t134 14 in specie on freight The Tenal4wee brings most important news. The now Conetitlation has been overturned and done away with,' reset: the 'Federal Councils have been brokertup and dispersedl Comonfort declares! sole and Outdate Diotator, with power to call an extraordinftly Co , Kress; the capital is In arms, and other principal cities, including Vera Cruz, have promanteod. ' This important event took place en Thursday morning, tit a nth inst. and was as sudden as the movement Witsbeld anddating. F.vorything Beams to have be& planned by Cornonfort, and ex•No corner Das belied his wishes into execution with a coolness and celerity. that .only hoe its parallel in th,e. -Freesia mu, d'etat of the wend of De cember - . The only forewarning, indeed, the Congress and the people had of the eentemplate,d overturn was. with mostnnexampled hardihood, given by °over. nor ller, biopic. the day before, That day, per aoivilly present In the Ohambor of Deputies, he was made the objeot of very severe criticism, and numerous charges were made against him. flo far, however. from deigning to reply to them, he rose In his se#, and, after rebuking the Cougresi in general terms for their puerile course from the opening of the session, openly and plainly told them that that: was the last day they would ever meet In those.:chambere, for the next day they would be strartfaway None, however, seems to have believed him. lint the neat morning, at 6 o'clook, the roar of can non in the heart of the city showed It was no idle threat. Soon after the brigade along.," one of the most Oilfired corps, conveniently stationed at Tacuboya, eame marehlng in and took posses. 'ion of the citadel Gaeta and other strongholds, amid salvos of % artillery which proclaimed that a new order of things had begun. No resistanto Whatever seems to have been made ; indeed, them vogue time for notion on the pert of the oppealtion. On the contrary, the belle of the city rump tut, rockets were sent up, and everything ovusoed the joy of the people. The tumult, however,' having somewhat subsided., the following phut Or proclamation made Its appear. twee. FROULAMATION. Considering ~ T hat the majority of the people have not been tatisflegi with the fundamental con stitution (Certs),fwhich was given by their lenders, because it hes 'tot proved sufficient to preserve progress with order and liberty; and furthermore, on account of the obscurity of many of its provi sions it bee become the source of civil war: Coraideiii4) Plat the republ o requ fee institu tions analogous to Its manners and enstome, for the development of Its elements of :lobes and pros perity—the .tine fountain of public pesos—and the aggratidistftemit.and respectability to which it is entitled both at home and abroad, Considering 2; That the army ought not to sustain *bat the natio 'dries, not wieb,, bat, on the con trary, elsould'lle the sangria and defender of nubile will. espresso - din so many iraYs; It Is here. by declared: I. That from this date the Constitution of 1857 wilt *ease to be observed throughout the republic. 2 'Respecting the unanimous vote of the people, expressed in the free election made by them of his Execillenoy, President Don Ignacio Comunfort, for supremo magistrate of the Republic, ho shall con. ttnue in charge of the supreme command, with full powers to pacify the nation. to promote the Improvement and progress of the anwe, and to promote the improvement and progress of the same. and to regulate the different brunches. of the mbiia administration. 3. Throe menthe after the adoption of this plan by . the States into which the republic is now di vided. the person in charge of the executive power shall convoke an extraordinary Congress without any further object than to form a constitution which may agree with the wishes of the nation, and guarantee the true interests of the people. This constitution, before being promulgated, shall be submitted to the votes of the inhabitant , of the republic. 4. After Wag sanctioned by this vote, it shall be published, and immediately afterwards Con gress than issue the law for the election of the constitutional President of the republic. In case that the eaid constitution should not be approved by the majority of the inhabitants of the republic, it slant' Ise Warted. to he reformed according to the sense of majority. 5. Whilst the construction, is being made, his Excellency the President will proceed to name a council, composed of ono principal and one substis toted member for each one of the States, which shall have the attributes established by a special law. G. All the authorities that fail fo second this plan shall cease in the exercise of their functions FELIX ZULOACIA. Genoral-in-Chlef of the Brigade of the Capital and ioTtinor of the district TACCDAYA, Dee. 17, 1857. Soon after appeared the following: PROCLAMATION OP Tin: OWCERNOR Augustin Alehrries, General-in-Chief the Capital and Governor of the District : Fe Planed by limited and scanty merits at the head of the Government of the im portant capital of the Republic, end desiring to co-operate in nil that which my conscience esti mates just, use'ul, and necewnry to the welfare of my country, I here seconded the pign proclaimed at Tnettbsytt, by the brigade under the command of General Don Felix Zuloaga. Fur the (+opacity 1 hold I have been able to ob serve very accurately the greet and insuperalde difficulties which surround the supremo govern ment, and the total impossibility there Is for the Constitution sthationed in the present year of 1857, to convoy to the inhabitants of the Republic the security, pence, and happiness which MI men in society denim to possess. I labor under the conviotion that this stop, which may be qualified unfavorably by the exi gencies of political partiea, will be, notwithstand ing, well received by alt thono persons dying froto exaggeration, and who love just and true liberty with sincerity and good faith. The inhabitant , of thin find oily, who are no. (painted with the humane character of Mr. Co monfort, must not entertain any fears of their creed, interests, or liberties being attacked; nud for my part, in the orbit of my incumlceneles, I offer to dedicate myself strictly to the mainte nance of public tranquility, and that efforts should bo made day by day for its preservation. Of no avail wilt our efforts bo if to them are not added thole of enlightened and honest per sons, lot their political opinions be what they may. Those are the hopes of your fellow-cith ten. AntieiTlVl ALCESIRICA. TltNreo, Deo. 14, 1557. The arrests do not seem to have been very nu merous. but among them were men of distinction : Benito Juarez, President of the Supreme Court ; Senor Olivera, President of the Congress, and a few of the lending members of the opposition. A private note, written on the morning of the 15th, two days after the revolution at the capital, and the latest possible says, " everything goes on well ;" by which Is doubtless meant that the city was quiet and the diotatorship fully established. Our advicoti from Vera Cruz also—the Slat— state that the oily was ,cuiet. As to the pronun. ciao/onto there nod at Puebla, they do not differ !notarially from those or the capital. It metes to have been a well concerted movement, and proba bly was co-extensive with tho republic. At Vera Cruz and Pueblo. as doubtless at other points, all that was necessary was for the garrison to quietly transfer their allegiance from a flovernmat now no more too mare absolute dictatorship. The law order of things, however, seems to have every. where boon favorably received, wiped:illy at Vero Cruz. The Albany, (N. Y.) Knickerbocker has the following : The tingle deaths of Charles W. Lit ties and Nntban Newhafer, late door.koepar to the Assembly, hare brought to mind an incident in which they were both engaged. A week ago Fri day, both of these men were opposing counsel in a civil suit. Mr. Newt:afar was not a lawyer, but had been hired by a friend of his to manage the suit, to which his friend was a party. Saturday noon Mr. &whaler accidentally fell off Andrew street bridge, was precipitated into the river and carried over the Falls. About I o'clock on Satur day afternoon, Mr. Littlee was in 31r. Story's ofilee again and remarked to Mr. S. that Newhafor lit tle thought while engaged in tho suit, the next day he would be in the old lienesee. Ile also made some remarks about the uncertainty of life. 'Wore twelve hours from (hat time the murdered body of Charles Littler was (looting in the river, Far from him was the thought then that he would be lifeless in a short time, end that the search for the drowned body of Mr. Nowhafer would be the means of bringing to light the foot that ho had been brutally murdered. The accomplished lady of Senator Gwiu has ever been Justly famed for contributing large ly to the happiness and enjoyment of other people, and her latest devise eclipses all the rest. She gavo the other day a nuyttnee for the young no qualntaneee of her young daughter! All the Mak tens and misses who hays the honor of mademoi selle's acquaintance were invited, at noon. Day light Was excluded from the saloons, that the toi lettes of "Young America,' might appear to ad- Maar, FURTHER NEWS BY THE STEAMSHIP ARAOO, The British Parliament adjourned its sittings on the 12th December until the 4th of February next, the royal nesent having been previously given to the bank issues indemnity bill. Lord Pawnor° read a letter from fiir Colin Campbell in the llonso of Lords on the day of prorogation, in which he effectually disproved the report that lie had been on ill terms with Lord Canning at Calcutta. Mr. Milner Gibson was elected member for Ashton by a largo majority over his opponent. The quotation of the exchange at New York on London for hills at 00 days' sight is about NO per cent, for first-class paper. At present rate of dig. count .here there is consequently no profit on the transmission of gold from this country to the Vet ted States. In the Stook Exchange loans on Government tc ourities were obtained at .5 per cent. for short periods, and at 6a7 per cent. till the dividends. At the bank there is still an active demand, but in the open market the choicest bills clan bo nego tiated at Han per sent. The London money market was buoyant on the evening of the 15th instant, and oonsolo closed at Cotton wes unsettled hi the Liverpool market, and experienced a decline of one-fourth of a'penny on some descriptions. Trade Was ex eeedingly hit in the rnanufsoruring districts of England. Flour had advanced about elxpenee a barrel. Large coma of gold were being bronght,lnto the Bank of England; but notwithstanding the favorable report. from the Stook Exchange, some of the oldest firms failed dully, and the heavy financial revulsion which has so nearly over whelmed the trading communities of Northern Enropc continued with unabated pressure. MILLI. burg still suffered severely, and It was said that a few leading houses still safe, would have to meet calls in that olty estimated at $20,000,000 in Janu ary next. In France the alarmed financiers were, it was asserted, about to unite, both in means and design in order to ward off the oriels if possible. The 'City of (ninon. bank have obtained the full assistance necessary to:enable them to re-open, and will, therefore, not have to apply to the Dank of England: The IYestorn bank have formally notified that they cannot resume business. Some very heavy failures had been announced in London. The commeroial crisis bad become wore aggra vated at Smyrna. and was increased by the fall in the prices of almost all kinds of commodities, . Trade in the manufacturing districts of England was generally bad. Positive statements ham bean simulated to-day of the embarrassment of firms in Yorkshire largely connected with the wool trade, which, if confirmed, will be likely to lead to numerous diffioulties among smaller houses. Letters from Paris state that the stock of bullion in the Bank of France continues to increase, and that all mercantile houses aro still restricting their engagements as much as possible. At Lyons the branch of the Bank of France is snaking advances upon silk nt abont 50 or 00 per cent of the mar ket price. The Danish Council of Plate had autherised the I Minister, Herr Krieger, to bring in a bill for the loan of £300,000 steeling, at S per cent. secured ' on the finances of the whole kingdom. • The Belgian elections had resulted in a large Ministerial majority in favor of the Liberal policy. There were 108 members to be elected ; of these, 70 of the new Deputies belong to the Liberal side, and only flit to the Opposition. It was rumored at Vienna that news had been received from Constantinople, to the effect that the Porte, noting with the content of the Powers which signed the Treaty of Paris, had issued a firman for the dissolution of the Divans in the Danubian Principalities, but the statement re. enired confirmation. - In pureuance of an arrangement with the Porte,_ the French Government has appointed a French Consul at Ibralla, in Wallachia, on the Danube. A letter from Jerusalem, of the 20th ult., states that great agitation prevailed in that city and the 1 neighborhood. A conflict had taken place be. tween the inhabitants of Bethlehem and those of Tamar, in which one man wee killed and several ' wounded. Caravans of pilgrime were beginning to arrive in the country. Jerusalem is crowded with pilgrims of a new character. A great part of the crew of the American frigate Congress bad arrived there to visit the Holy Places, to gether with a great number of the crews of the three Russian ships-of-war anchored at Jaffa. , The Shah of Persia had ordered Fernkh Rhan to leave Paris in January. and travel for two months in other countries of Europe. From India wo have interesting details of the news previously received by telegraph. Generals Havelock and Outruns appear to be unite able to maintain themselves at Luoknow until they are finally relieved by the large force now assembled under Sir Colin Campbell. Letters from Hong 'Kong stuto that the British preparations for recommeneing the war were nearly completed. The death of Colonel Thomas Sidney Powell, D. who.tneeentiSy succeeded I.l*se •Ganstral Sit Henry Havelock, H. C. 8., in the command of the Fifty-third regiment, ie confirmed as having taken place in an action with a body of the Dinsmoreau tborities near Futtehpure. TRYING TO LAUNCH THE LEVIATHAN. [From the London Times, Dee. MI More than a week has elapsed since the lest of. forts were made to move this verse!. As our read. era may remember, the efforts were discontinued in consequence of the groat difficulty experienced in obtaining any thing like secure hold-fasts for the river moorings. Partly owing to the immense strain, and pertly because of tho peculiarly dense nature of the river bed, which prevented the auction penetrating more than a foot or so in depth, it was quite impossible to make any ef fective use of this river tackle, which. at the pre sent stage of the launch, bas become absolutely es sential to its further progress. In order, therefore, that u proper hold may be obtained, a regular se ries of large piles hen been driven ou the opposite ride of the river, one on the wharf of 3letsrs. Rum- pliry's yard, anti the second a little below high water-mark. between the Water-gate Ferry end Deptford Dockyard. Each of these clumps of pil log are almost similar in strength and arrange ment to the piles which serve cc a basis for the hydraulic rams in the yard itself, and like them, too. they have not been resorted to till the ele youth hour, and, in feet, until the failure of all other methods has literally forced their adoption upon their engineers. Both of these were com pleted early yesterday morning, and the chains and anchors holding back the moor. Digs by which the Leviathan is dragged with a double purchase towards the river were se cured among them. There seems not the least doubt now but that these piles will hold their anchors fact enough, but it is by no means clear that the launch will be by any means expedited. Under the previous arrangement. in which or dinary anchors were used to hold the moorings, the eludes were always breaking, and coming in font by foot. What chains will stand, now that the anchors are secured, and cannot yield an inch 0 It woe expected that ell the arrangements would bo completed yesterday, in time to Inch another effort to move the vessel early in the morning Unfortunately, it was impossible to eemplete the details of the preparations till nearly dark yester terday, ashen a brief attempt,wati made, MOM as it was asserted, for the purpose of trying the tackle than with any serioue intentions of commencing operations at so Into an hour Be this 03 it may. however, a tremendous prtssure end strain was kept up on both fore and aft cradles foe chant ten minutes without making the smallest imprestion upon the inert monster, though the force epplied evetually become en great as to drive the feeLdp'pe out of ono of the Imelraulio rams and stint' n river mooring chain of 2.# inches. These wisher being about e q uivalent to a day's work, the pressure was then taken off again, leaving the launching apparatus miscue the services ot the ram and chain. Both these, however, can easily be re paired and ready for work this day, when it is positively asserted that the launching is to re commence for the fourth and last time. IMPORTANT FROM JAPAN Negotiation of a further Treaty 1 e t i ,, e ,•, 1 American ('unant•Gnural an the Juane:ie. Mn find the following important letter, and the articles of a now treaty subjoined, in tho Ft teed of Chum of Oct. :11 STATES' CONSULATE thvantr., Sompt, Japan, July 6,1857. Stn : 1 have the honor to transmit for your in formation a copy of a convention that I have made with the Japanese. It is proper that I should inform you that the relative value of gold and silver are quite differ ent in Japan to what they are In other Darts of the world In titoitnited States the relative value of gold to silver Is as I to 10, but it is about 1 to :1.17 t 6, so that although the Japanese give the same weight of their gold coin as the foreign coin they receive, yet owing to the difference of relative values, a loss of ensues of more than 75 per cent. onVoreign gold, as compared with silver. To illustrate the operation of the second article of the Convention, I would state that where Ameri cans have heretofore paid $lOO in silver, they will DOW pay $34.50. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, TOWNLIESD To Janice Keenan, EN., United States Comet, Ueeg Kong. For the purpeao of further regulating the inter course of Amerman citizens within the empire of Japan, and after due deliberation, Townsend Har ris, Consul-General of the United States of Amer ica within the empire of Japan. and Inowouye, Prince of Sinano, and Nalco tniiera, Prince of Down, Covernors of Sinunia, all leaving full powers from their respective Governments, have agreed on the following articles, to wit: AlITICIA: 1. The port of Nangasaki, in the prin cipality of Ulm, shall be open to American rev eels, where they may repair damages, procure water, fuel. provisions, and other neeessary arti else, oven coals, where they are obtainable. Aur. 2. It being known that American ships cowing to the ports of Simoda end Hakedride can not have their wants supplied by the Japanese, it Is agreed that American citizens may permanently reside at Sitwell', and Halcodade, and the Govern ment of the United States may appoint a vice-con eel to reside at Hakodade. This article to go into elect on the Ith day of July, AUT. 3. In Fettletnout of accounts the value of the money brought by the Americans shall be as certained by weighing it with Japanese coin (gold and silver itsehuesl—that is, gold with gold, and silver with silver; or weights representing Jo-' panes° coin way be used after such weights bore been carefully examined and found to be correct. '• The value of the money of the Americans hav ing been thus ascertained, the sum of six per cent. Shull he allowed to the Japanese for the expense of recolnage. "Ater. 4. Atnericanscommilting offences in Ja pan shall be tried by the American Consul-Ueneral or Consul, and shall be punished according to American laws. "Japanese committing offences against Ameri• eons shall be tried by the Japanese authorities, and punished according to Japanese laws. ART. 5. American ships which may resort to the ports of llimoda, llakodado, or Nausagakl, for the plum, of obtaining nooesory oupplfoa or to ro. TWO CENI S. pair damages, shall pay for them In gold or silver coin, and if they hare no money, goods shall be taken in exchange. Anr. 6. The Government of Japan admits the right of the Conant General of the United Stated to go beyond the limits of Seven RI, but has •asked bins to delay the use of that right, except in cases of emergency, shipwreck, Scd., to which he has as sented. Anr. 7. Purehatee for the Consul General or Me family may be made by him only or by some mem ber of his family, and payment made to the seller for the same, without the intervention of any Japanone o ffi cial, and, for this purpose Japanese ',Dyer and copper coin shall bo supplied . to the Consul General. Anr, S. As the Consul-General of the United States of America has no knowledge of the Japan ese language, nor the Governors of Blonds a know ledge of the English language, it is agreed that the true meaning shall be found in the Dutch cor don of the articles. ART. ft. All the foregoing articles to go Into of fact from the.'date hereof, except article 2, which shall go into effect on the date indicated in it. Done in rpsintuplieate, (each copy being in En glish, Japanese and Dutch,) at the Coyne:so of Si ' modal, on the 17th day ut*Jano, in the year of the Christian era, .113b7,.anti:of thelndetendenee of the United States of America, the 810,eorreepend ing to the fourth year of Ansel t Mi.the fifth month, the 2alth day, the English version being signed by the Consul-General of the United States of Ameri ca, and-the Japanese by the Governors of Simode. OR= RRIS. The Hong Rong eorrespen T den ßE'St ef.the S London News, writing on October 30, says: " The news from the north consists of many de, tails, each of them of comparatively little import ance when taken individually, but in the awe gate very significant. The heads of the intelli gence are the progress of the insurrection, the distress of the Government, disturbances in diffe rent provinces, the Russian embassy and their supposed overtures, and the Japanese. I think we may as well dispose of these latter folks first, and indeed a most surprising rumor is preva lent about them; no lass than that the Russian ambeaserior to China, Count Pontiatine, on his return to Shangbae from his Japan trip , bas confirmed the report that was gaining ground that tho Japanese contemplate °pampa their country to the commerce of all nations. Wonder ful, if true! We have been accustomed to min eider the Chinese the most exclusive and bigoted of the human raise, always excepting the ,Ja: poem and it is hard to understand bow, in the space Of a few years, and tinder the influents*, of such very able and satisfaotory (?) treaties as ours and the American negotiators have concluded with them, the Japanese have taken such a bold and wise step in the onward course. flowerer, let us hope it is true. Perhaps their more northern tem perament may contribute to make their heads wiser than their neighbors: and if it is true they will become a nation instead of being what the Chinese are—a people. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Los nos ;Until:Ts, Tuesday, Dec. 15 —Suaon— The market has been dull, and a decline of Is was submitted to in order to effect sales in the middling and low qualities. 680 hhde of 'West India have been sold, Including a portion of the public sales of Barbadoes, from 38.1 6da441 6d, and Granada from 34s 8da378; 450 bags of low to good middling yellow Mauritius sold from 36sa38s 64; 1,000 bags of Bengal were also offered In public sale, and all sold at Is decline; middling to light yellow,- 385 sa a39s Cd ; low brown date, 20s 6da27s. Three car goes Havana cold the last two days, NO9. 11. 11 at 21sa24s 6d; and a cargo of 3,500 bags brown Pernam at 218 Bd, which were low prices. The refined market dull ; lump, 56a995. COFFEE-150 bags Costa Rice found buyers in public sale at lower tutees-53s 6dasse 6d; 15 casks plantation Ceylon sold at former prices. TEA—This article has been in fair demand at yesterday's prices. About 1,000 chests common Congou sold at 12d, usual terms. Ems—Thin artiste continues dull of sale at the late decline. Bile—Prices are unaltered. BALITEtan-780 bags were iderad by auction, and half sold at lower prices. Refraction 11 to 84, 36e; refraction 7, 370; and refraction 54, 393 6d. COTTON continues out of demand. IRON--Suotch Pig, 51e 6d. Om—Linseed quoted 280. Tt'RPT.trrster., 300 and 31s. TALLOW, 52s 6d OD the spot and to March, and 63s ad for March. LIVERPOOL MAREETS.—TCESDAY, Dec 15, 1337.—Corrow.—The market closed very heavily, and prices of all kinds are hla,d per lb. lower. except In very low Americans, (3idadd per Bs) which are steady. The gales only reach 2,000 bales, and all to the trade, and include 30 Pernam and blaranham, at 71d; 10 Bahia, at Gd; 10 Egyp tian at 0(1; and 3 00 Egyptian at 3fdaSd per lb. Import, since Thursday, 50,000 bates. Wheat met with a food oonsumptive demand, and a eonsiderable business resulted, at an advance of 3d per 70 lbs. on prices of this day week. Firm was more inquired for, and may be quoted about 6d per bbl. ant sack dearer. Asts ymtexlthoxith, lthange in value or aemand,liut Oatmeal brought 8d per lead more money Barley, Beans and Peas met with buyers to a fair extent, but at 2d. per 60 lbs. and Gd per quarter decline since Tins day last. Indian Corn was rather mere inquired for, and slightly dearer than on Friday last, although still da per quarter lower than an this day week, prime yellow and mixed American being obtainable at s 6,1 a Its, and prime Galata and (Mem at 33 s Gd per quarter. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Special Correspondence of The Preu.) gnat es, Deo. 15, 'KS, I avail myself of the departure of the bark " Joseph Blaxwell," for your port, to inform you that for the last two weeks the Administration have been very mob alarmed, under the impres sion that General Paez, now residing in New lark, was organizing an expedition against Venezuela, and would be ready to nail immediately. Fortunately, persons who have arrived from the United States within the last week and who take a deep interest in the welfare of this country, have been able to persuade General Monegas and hie ministers, that it is utterly ridiculous even to ima gine that General Piles ever dreams of being able to reelise such an enterprise on his own account, or to obtain the necessary means, from the parties in that country, especially now that money is so Name and the panic cot quite over. Moreover, it is well known here that President Buchanan and hie officers would prevent an attack of such a character ou a country that is at peace and on friendly terms with the United Staten. It is, indeed, a pity that General Menages should so easily believe such rumors, that are got up by persons in New York, now holding official capers. ties from this Government there, and who have no hopes of continuing in their position but by alarm ing the tlovernment and the country generally, with the inevitable consequence of unnecessary precautions and total want of confidence in alt mercantile transactions. Otherwise the country is perfectly quiet, and the people tired and convinced that the revolutions are the solo cates of the pros tration of these South American Republics. The lion Charles Banter, immediately after his arrival here. undertook to have tho Sheldon Ave question settled at once, according to his instruc tions, and General Menages and his Cabinet Accused it advisable to tend without {delay u spe cial minister to Washington to adjupt the claim ; consequently on the sth inst., he lett by the packet, end ought to be in the United States ty the 23th The spoJial. commii,i,ner. Dr BEcono is a It , ler, and the c,t,tor oi the Di,:rio who has discussed the mutter for touts time in his paper I have not been able to ascertain the character c•: Ids instructions, but it is the desire of the Govern 'tient to have the question amicably settled, and no doubt such will be the case ; in the meantime. Mr. Eames, noterithAelding his enoest and able entts in this and other disputed cams, stands us high as over in the estimation of the Go ernment and people, and of General hionogas personally On the 20th inst , there is to be a great jubila tion at Puerto Cabello, in consequence of the lay ing of the first track of the Central Railroad in Venezuela, that will be carried on to conolusion es entity en possible, to the great improvement of the country, and reduction of prices on the products of some of the western States. The telegraph lino between Caracernt, Loguayra Puerto Cabello, is now in operation .SA far no La Virtoria, and In the eourse of three or four months will bo entirely finished The now crop of coffee begins to come in, and ir, by for, =oh larger than we have had for many yearn prerioae. Sides are down to Ile. a pound, Venezuela currenoy, in consequence of the Bloch on hand in the United States. 4.lentral 3tonagns and Ms administration are en deavoring, by all available means, to encourage new enterprives in the country that they wish to see prosperous, and be on friendly relations with for eign powers; and it is to be hoped that the present Chief of the Executive may long live, as ho guar antees pence and a happy future to this country, which nature has provided with abundant elements to be one of the most flourishing nations in the world. Vtarras. The only (laughter of Captain S. linlen, of Patchogue, Long bland, an interesting girl, fif teen years of age, was burnt to death on Monday of last week under peculiarly-distressing circum stance?. It seems that she got to the school house on that morning earlier than usual, and before any of the other scholars or her teacher had ar rived, and climbed in at the window. She lit a fire as an act of kindness to her teacher, and in making It her clothed caught fire. Mr. W. Horton, who happened to he passing at the time, beard her screams, and hastened to her assistance. Ile suc ceeded in putting out the fire, by wrapping. the young girl in his overcoat, who was then utmost insensib:e. The afAsteztee, however, proved to he too late. All efforts to save her life were unavail ing, and she died soon after. We have news from Hayti, dated fort-au- Prince, on the 10th of December. The New Tork /feta,/ carre.vondent ,•sys • • Coffee is coming in freely, and the stock on hand amounts to _3,000 bags, besides some 4,000 bags in the gorenament stores It remains firm at .1.0 per 100 pounds. L05 .,„, 0 4 is plenty at former quotations. Provi sions are active. The doubloon is now worth 5230 Ilayticn money, and is expected to rise. The ra omly cri•is In Europe has effected our trade seriously Several bills hare come back protested. Captain Mayo takes passage in the Vatted States